Insulin and exercise improved muscle function in rats with severe burns and hindlimb unloading

Abstract Prior work established that exercise alleviates muscle function loss in a clinically relevant rodent model mimicking the clinical sequelae of severely burned patients. On the basis of these data, we posit that pharmacologic treatment with insulin combined with exercise further mitigates los...

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Main Authors: Juquan Song, Lisa A. Baer, Melody R. S. Threlkeld, Calvin Geng, Charles E. Wade, Steven E. Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14158